Works with
How Alison works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Alison
Alison Gabel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who blends person-centered care with trauma-informed thinking. She centers sessions on each person's needs and goals, helping people who feel stuck or overwhelmed find clearer direction. Her approach aims to make therapy feel practical and relevant to day-to-day life.
With 11 years of experience, Alison has worked with people facing depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other stress-related problems. She has a long-standing emphasis on trauma and crisis intervention and also supports concerns such as anger, grief, self-esteem, and relationship strain.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how past attachment and family patterns show up now. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Alison listens first, then helps identify small steps that can change how someone copes.
She draws on solution-focused techniques to build doable plans and psychodynamic ideas to look at repeating patterns that cause trouble. People also bring identity-related concerns, career stress, ADHD-related struggles, and issues connected to kink or alternative sex culture. Alison works with each person’s context and values when those topics come up.
Her style is calm and straightforward, aimed at helping clients make steady progress. Therapy can include practical coaching, exploring attachment wounds, and focused trauma work when needed. She aims to help people move from feeling stuck to having clearer choices and more control over how they respond to life’s challenges.
What Alison works with
Everything Alison lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Alison's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alison lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Alison’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Alison uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps with intimacy problems, abandonment fears, and recurring conflicts by naming the connection habits people bring into relationships.She also practices client-centered therapy, which means the work follows the person's goals and pace. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and build from the client's own resources and values.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Alison collaborates with each person to decide whether attachment work, client-centered care, trauma-focused tools, or solution-focused steps will be best. That choice can change over time based on goals and what proves most helpful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options let clients fit therapy into work breaks, travel, or busy family schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.
Questions people ask about Alison
What concerns does Alison commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, career stress, ADHD, and related areas.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are person-centered and collaborative, with an emphasis on practical steps. She blends trauma-focused and solution-focused techniques to match each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Alison brings 11 years of clinical experience working with individuals and groups on trauma, crisis intervention, and mood and anxiety concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - practicing in Missouri.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.